Ah Wax Trax and your seemingly unending supply of industrial and electronic music that permeated my ear buds on a regular basis in the late 80's and into the 90's. It was simpler time. It was a better time. Belgium's political upstart act Mussolini Headkick supplied factory-sounding beats with stabs of distorted guitar and vocals, synthesized melodies, and a nice helping of random vocal samples throughout. The band;s 1989 album "Themes for Violent Retribution" was produced by fellow Belgian and Revolting Cocks member Luc Van Acker (which is awesome). It was a very anti-fascist piece of art (dig the controversial album cover above), which set it apart from a lot of the other industrial records coming out at the time. Unfortunately, the album's been out of print for a while, but let's listen to some of the jams below. The records begins with "Your God Is Dead," so we may as well too.
And here's "Plain Unhappy."
And lastly, here's "Europe."
I really dig this album, and while the band never had anywhere near the success as some of their contemporaries like KMFDM or Nitzer Ebb, it's definitely worth seeking out.
